Q 01/05

Which mountain did Moses climb from the plains of Moab to see the promised land he would never enter?

A) Mount Sinai

B) Mount Hor

C) Mount Nebo

D) Mount Hermon

Answer · why

C) Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo. God tells Moses to climb it and die there 'just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor', so a view across the Jordan is all he ever gets ...

Q 02/05

Moses died at 120, says Deuteronomy 34, within sight of which 'City of Palms' across the Jordan?

A) Hebron

B) Jericho

C) Bethel

D) Shechem

Answer · why

B) Jericho

Jericho. Moses sees the city from the mountain with eyes that 'were not weak' even at 120, but he gets no closer, and its walls fall to Israel only in...

Q 03/05

What food does Deuteronomy 8 say God sent to teach Israel that 'man does not live on bread alone'?

A) Manna

B) Quail

C) Barley

D) Honey

Answer · why

A) Manna

Manna, 'which neither you nor your ancestors had known', was meant to humble Israel into dependence, and Jesus quoted the lesson back to the devil whe...

Q 04/05

Which word completes the Shema, the prayer that opens 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is ___'?

A) Holy

B) One

C) King

D) Good

Answer · why

B) One

One ends the creed that observant Jews recite every morning and evening and traditionally speak as their last words, and Jesus quoted it when a teache...

Q 05/05

What reason does Deuteronomy 5 give for the Sabbath, where Exodus 20 points to creation?

A) Their years as slaves

B) The covenant at Sinai

C) The crossing of the sea

D) The gift of the land

Answer · why

A) Their years as slaves

Their years as slaves in Egypt are the motive: 'Remember that you were slaves in Egypt', so Deuteronomy's Sabbath is framed as rest owed to servants a...